by Kit Caelsto | May 8, 2024 | Author Life, Homestead Life
Our property is a haven for deer here in the Ozarks. The county in which I live has one of the highest deer harvests during hunting season for all of Missouri. With large wide open grasslands (thanks to cattle farmers), bits of forest, or large tracts of forest in...
by Kit Caelsto | Mar 20, 2024 | Muse Happens
The burn of the moonshine sliding down his throat failed to soothe Hiram. His senses were wound angrier than a disturbed wasp as distant thunder rumbled in the distance. The storm probably wouldn’t come to the strip of Ozark forest he called home but might come close...
by Kit Caelsto | Feb 25, 2024 | Animal Companions, Homestead Life, model horse hobby
Miss Skittes on Caturday wondering why I’m not paying attention to her. The most adorable note left on the box my rescue bearded dragon arrived in. A late afternoon moon above the bare trees. Jupiter (Roman Tufted Goose) periscoping between the chicken roosts...
by Kit Caelsto | Feb 17, 2024 | Muse Happens
Funny how no one cared about the birds disappearing until it was the species they remembered. Where dark eyed juncos had flocked to feeders in the winter and robins heralded the return of spring every year, now it was a treat to see birds, even here in the Ozark...
by Kit Caelsto | Jan 31, 2024 | Homestead Life, Horses
After two weeks of being close or below freezing, which had me dealing with hauling hoses in and out of the hose and breaking ice on horse troughs, heavy rain bookending that cold weather, and in preparation for the cold snap bringing home some bug that gave me a...
